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Acta Prataculturae Sinica ›› 2013, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (1): 183-192.

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Physiological responses to PEG stress of Reaumuria soongorica seedlings from different geographical origins

CHONG Pei-fang1, SU Shi-ping1, LI Yi1, SUN Zhao-cheng2   

  1. 1.Forestry College, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China;
    2.Xiaobakou Branch of Shiyang River General Forestry Farm of Wuwei, Wuwei 733300, China
  • Received:2011-09-20 Online:2013-01-25 Published:2013-02-20

Abstract: The effects of different concentrations of PEG-6000 stress on relative permeatbility of plasma membrane, protective enzyme activity, and osmotic gulatory molecules in leaves of Reaumuria soongorica seedlings from Lanzhou, Wuwei, Zhangye and Jiuquan geographic origins in Gansu province were studied. Contents of proline (Pro) and soluble sugars (SS) in leaves initially increased but then decreased as the stress concentrations increased. The accumulation in plants from Wuwei was more than that in those from other origins. Contents of malondiadehyde (MDA) and relative permeability of plasma (RPP) increased as stress concentrations increased but the increased range in Wuwei origin plants was less than that of others, which indicated a stronger drought resistances than plants from the other origins. Protective enzyme activities such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxide enzyme (POD) and catalase (CAT) increased initially but then decreased. POD and CAT activities of Wuwei origin plants were higher than those from other origins. There was a threshold of protective enzyme activity, and it was reduced when protective enzyme activity was out of the threshold level. Correlation analysis showed that there were significant positive correlations of relative permeability of plasma with MDA (P<0.05), highly significant positive correlations with Pro and SS (P<0.01), and significant negative correlations of relative permeability of plasma with SOD, CAT, and POD activity (P<0.05). Drought resistance of R. soongorica from four geographic origins was in the following order Wuwei>Jiuquan>Zhangye>Lanzhou.

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